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Is AI bullshit? Here’s how to find out

June 24, 2024
Even as tech leaders and visionaries such as Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman, Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, Jodi Baxter, Debashree D. and others have attested to the potential generative AI has to remake the world, ordinary users have proven more skeptical. In addition, OpenAI has separately faced criticism from observers and employees alike for not just its potential — and seeming desire — to…
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Meta releases flurry of new AI models for audio, text and watermarking

June 20, 2024
Meta’s Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team, is releasing several new AI models and tools for researchers to use. They are centered on audio generation, text-to-vision, and watermarking. “By publicly sharing our early research work, we hope to inspire iterations and ultimately help advance AI in a responsible way,” the company said in a press release.    Today is a good day for open…
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Evercoast acquires Depthkit to advance GenAI for spatial video

June 19, 2024
Evercoast, a provider of end-to-end 3D spatial video software, has announced the acquisition of Depthkit, a pioneer in volumetric capture. This strategic acquisition marks a significant leap forward in the race to capture and generate 3D digital humans and spatial video, a field of immersive video content that allows viewers to see subjects and dynamic scenes from all angles on any digital…
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Runway unveils new hyper realistic AI video model Gen-3 Alpha, capable of 10-second-long clips

June 18, 2024
New York City-based Runway ML, also known as Runway, was among the earliest startups to focus on realistic high-quality generative AI video creation models. But following the debut of its Gen-1 model in February 2023 and Gen-2 in June 2023, the company has since seen its star occluded by other highly realistic AI video generators, namely OpenAI’s still-unreleased Sora model and Luma AI’s…
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